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Sara Karn is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at McMaster University, working on the SSHRC Partnership project Thinking Historically for Canada's Future. She completed her PhD at Queen's University in 2023 and is also a certified K-12 teacher in Ontario.
Her research focuses on empathy and emotion in history education, with particular emphasis on decolonizing Canadian history curricula and integrating Indigenous perspectives. Her work spans history and social studies education, experiential learning, and environmental and climate change education. She has published in prominent journals including The Social Studies, History Education Research Journal, Historical Encounters, Rethinking History, the Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, and the Canadian Journal of Education.
Her recent publication analyzes how Canadian history and social studies curricula address (or fail to address) the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action regarding Indigenous education, finding that while progress has been made, curricula must do far more to challenge dominant narratives and value Indigenous worldviews.
- SSHRC Partnership Project Funding
Sara Karn conducts research for the SSHRC Partnership project Thinking Historically for Canada's Future, which involves researchers, educators and partner organizations from across Canada, including Indigenous and non-Indigenous team members. As a white settler scholar, she acknowledges her responsibility to unlearn colonial ways of being and contribute to decolonization efforts in Canadian education.
She has taught social studies education and environmental education at the postsecondary level, bringing practical teaching experience to inform her academic research on curriculum development and historical thinking.
